JULY (BY THE RIVER)

JULY (BY THE RIVER) A great blue heron’s spindle feet hold its place on the torrent’s rocks. Does this miraculous strange bird contemplate the tumult while we consider her, our fingers threaded? We walk past a sycamore, hollowed of heartwood: a husk, a crone, a high water mark. A fawn raises her head, pauses her … More JULY (BY THE RIVER)

It’s time for Pennsylvanians to deal with the threats in the air

On July 12th, I joined staff and volunteers from PennEnvironment, State College Mayor Don Hahn, and Rep. Scott Conklin for a press conference to release “Trouble in the Air“. We have to do better to improve our air quality by embracing cleaner cars, industry, & renewable energy. In Ferguson Township we are doing our part. These are my … More It’s time for Pennsylvanians to deal with the threats in the air

Some Thoughts on Vengeance: A poem against legal racial violence

We have choices to make, to support those who we are called to support or those who have and will deny, neglect, and oppress with whatever means they have. I will not support those who destroy families by splitting them up at the border for seeking asylum or by shooting, choking, or wrongfully imprisoning their … More Some Thoughts on Vengeance: A poem against legal racial violence